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Intrusion detection and response systems (IPSs) for protecting against distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks will beneflit significantly if all the routers within each autonomous system (AS) are capable of detection and response in addition to sampling. However, DDoS detection and response will incur high storage and processing overhead if each router does redundant detection and response tasks. Many overlay communication protocols have been introduced in the literature to achieve coordination among the routers but they generally have high communication overheads. Furthermore, DDoS detection and response requires that all the flows intended to the same destination be analyzed together in order to efficiently capture the correlation between them. In order to do that, current approaches centrally collect all the sampled data and analyze them, which also increases the communication overhead. In this paper, we present a collaborative approach to distribute the sampling, detection, and response responsibilities among all the routers within the AS in such a way that each router can detect and respond to DDoS attacks. Our proposed approach achieves coordination among all the routers in the network to eliminate redundant sampling, detection, and response tasks without exploiting any specific communication protocol. We propose an optimal assignment of disjoint flows to each of the routers within the ASs in such a way that all the flows destined for the same host will be sampled, analyzed, and properly responded at the same router. Each router can thus capture the correlation between flows destined for a specific destination.
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Personal Training
Personal Training is available at a fee for all members of the college community. If you are interested in this service please contact the individuals listed below. These are individuals who have been approved by the College to provide this service to our patrons.
Tansy Rodgers - firstname.lastname@example.com
Inspirational. Innovative. Athletic. Passionate. My name is Tansy Rodgers and I am "beU Complete." As a personal trainer and physical therapist assistant, I am dedicated to helping you transform your life. My primary goal is to help get you results and push past your plateaus. I teach, coach, and inspire by fusing functional, challenging strength training with energy balancing to enhance the whole person. My training tailors to your sports training, personal needs, goals, and/or physical limitations by delivering innovative and concise workouts that are 100% customized for you. Why would we all train the same or follow the same set of rules to getting healthier? Not only is that ineffective, but it is boring! You will practice an "Out of the Box" training mentality to keep your workouts fresh, challenging, and producing results. Together we will focus on goals that go way beyond your physical appearance so that you can enhance your total well-being as a whole - Whole Person Health!
Robin Wert – email@example.com
Whether you are starting out or looking for a new challenge, I am ready to assist you in achieving your goals. Many people find it difficult to figure out how to incorporate exercise into their daily routine. I can help you develop a plan that will suit your needs while fitting into your hectic schedule. I like to emphasizes wellness as part of daily lifestyle, and I am excited to work with clients of all levels. I offer individual sessions or packages so I am sure to have something that will work for you. For the month of February, I am offering a Winter Special. I am offering a package of three 30 minute sessions for $60. Please contact me if you are interested in personal or if you need more information.
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I'm on the athletic training staff here at F&M and as part of my personal life I am well versed in physical fitness/nutrition. I'm offering one on one personal training sessions, individualized workout plans and nutritional plans. There will be weekly follow-ups and tweaks to your workouts and nutrition plans to keep it personalized to your needs and goals. For the month of February, I am also offering a Winter Special. I am offering a package of three 30 minute sessions for $60. If you are interested or are just seeking further information, please don't hesitate to contact me.
Spring Yoga Classes
The Department of Athletics and Recreation would like to announce the Yoga classes for the Spring Semester.
Wellness Rewards Program
The 2015-2016 Wellness Rewards program and website are now available. The Highmark website, at www.highmarkblueshield.com, is powered by WebMD and offers our updated Wellness Rewards program. More details are available here.
Spring Into Fitness Challenge
Announcing the 2016 Spring into Fitness Challenge!
March 20th- April 30th.
This six week wellness program gives you the opportunity to increase your individual fitness levels while engaging in a friendly competition with employees of:
There are two trophies up for grabs:
* one award for the institution with the highest percentage of employees completing all six weeks of the challenge
* one award for the institution that racks up the highest average total minutes of exercise per participant over the six weeks.
It's easy to participate: exercise for at least 15 minutes at a time and log in minutes weekly. The more you exercise, the more you benefit (and the closer we get to finally winning a trophy).
All employees are eligible for weekly and final prize drawings!
REGISTER AT THE FOLLOWING UNIFIED WEB FORM BETWEEN NOW AND MONDAY, MARCH 7TH: https://webform.ycp.edu/view.php?id=374
Remember: the actual fitness challenge will begin on Monday, March 20th, and end on Monday, April 30th.
Wellness Rewards Program FAQ
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Pilates is a method of body conditioning that combines stretching and strengthening exercises to tone muscles, improve posture and increase flexibility by training your mind and body to work together. This will be a beginner/intermediate class that will teach you the basic concepts of the Pilates method and a series of controlled movements to strengthen your core muscles: abs, back, hips and thighs.
Most movements are done on the floor, so bring a mat and dress comfortably in yoga pants, bike shorts, etc.
When: Mondays, 5:15 – 6:15 pm; classes start on 3/21 and run for 5 weeks ending 4/18.
Instructor: Beth Buckwalter AAAI/ISMA certified in Mat Pilates 3 , email email@example.com
Location: Booth Ferris
Cost: $25
Registration: Thursday, March 10th, 10-11 am and 1-3 pm in Hackman Room P307
YMCA Discount
Franklin & Marshall is pleased to have joined the Lancaster YMCA's Healthy Workplace Program. Through the Healthy Workplace Program, faculty and professional staff of Franklin & Marshall are eligible to receive discounts on adult and family YMCA memberships, both at the City Y and the Lampeter-Strasburg branch. Faculty and staff are eligible to receive a 10% discount on an adult or family Y membership, as well as a discounted initial registration fee.
Faculty and staff who wish to join the Lancaster Y may download a membership application from http://www.lancasterymca.org/join/ , and should bring the completed application to a Y branch along with their F&M ID card. Current Lancaster Y members can receive the 10% discount going forward by showing their F&M ID card to a YMCA membership coordinator.
Y members enjoy access to fitness facilities and equipment; indoor and outdoor pools; indoor and outdoor tracks; a steam room, sauna, and whirlpool; a variety of fitness classes and recreation activities for all ages; and an "I-Zone" fitness room and child watch area for kids. Please visit http://www.lancasterymca.org/ for more information about the Lancaster Y.
If you have questions about Y membership or the Healthy Workplace Program, please feel free to contact the Y's membership director at (717) 464-4000, ext. 205.
We also want to thank Jane Price, the F & M Wellness Committee members and Human Resources for their work in creating this relationship with one of our neighbors.
Thank you,
Robin Wert
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Franklin & Marshall College
2014 American Heart Association Award
Franklin & Marshall College has once again been awarded "Fit Friendly Company" status by the American Heart Association. This year we have moved up to Platinum status! The status recognizes employers who display progessive leadership and "who go above and beyond when it comes to their employees' health."


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- International Students
- Admitted International Students
- International Student Handbook
- Applying for a Student Visa
- Airport Pick-Up Service
- Arriving in the USA
- Orientation
- English as a Second Language (ESL)
- SLU Writing Exam
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Admitted International Students
- Send Your Declaration of Financial Support
- Confirm Your Enrollment
- Apply for a Visa
- Find Housing
- Accept Your Scholarship
- Fill Out Health Forms
- Submit Your Travel Itinerary for Airport Pick-Up
- Submit Your ESL Testing Fee
- Prepare Your Paperwork for Arriving in the U.S.
- Attend the International Student Orientation
Congratulations on your acceptance to Saint Louis University! We look forward to welcoming you to the SLU community and answering any questions that you may have about enrolling as an international student at Saint Louis University.
For more information about finalizing your enrollment and to learn more about the many opportunities that await you on Saint Louis University's campus, please refer to your electronic admission packet and be sure to complete the tasks outlined below. Click here to view the admission packet.
PLEASE NOTE: To complete some of the tasks below, you will need your SLU Net ID and your Banner ID, which you will receive with your electronic admission notification after being admitted to SLU. For instructions on activating your SLU Net ID and logging into the mySLU online portal for the first time, please click here.
All international students are required to demonstrate financial capability to cover tuition and living expenses for one year at Saint Louis University. The estimated amount for tuition and living expenses for one academic year currently is $55,536 USD for academic undergraduate students and $30,806 USD for ESL students.
Exchange students must demonstrate financial capability to cover their living expenses for the duration of their period of study. The estimated cost of living for one year is approximately $16,836 USD and for one semester is $8,418 USD.
Proof of financial support must include the following:
- An original statement or letter (certification) from the sponsor's bank verifying that such funds currently are available and will be so for each subsequent year of your study at the University. The financial evidence must cover at least the amount of expenses needed for the first year of your study.
- An original letter (declaration) of financial support from the person(s) or sponsoring agency providing funds for your tuition and living expenses for the duration of your study at Saint Louis University.
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DuBourg Hall Room 150
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Please note that there is about one week's processing time from the date your documents are received until they are reflected in our system for review.
- Freshmen and Transfer Students: Login to http://myslu.slu.edu to confirm your enrollment and ensure your place at Saint Louis University by submitting a $450 USD enrollment deposit. $200 of your enrollment deposit to SLU is refundable until May 1, 2016 unless you provide proof that you were denied a visa. Please note: you need to change your password at http://password.slu.edu before logging into mySLU.
- Exchange Students: Confirm your enrollment via email email@example.com.
- Graduate Students: Confirm directly with Graduate Admissions. You should receive further information about this from Graduate Admissions. If you have questions or have not received this information, email email@example.com.
Get more information on confirming your enrollment.
To secure your visa, schedule an appointment at your U.S. embassy or consulate as soon as possible. As soon as you've scheduled your appointment, please let us know by contacting your International Admission Counselor or emailing your visa status to email@example.com.
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Live in a residence hall or apartment on SLU's campus or in one of the many nice neighborhoods close to campus.
- On Campus: All first year students are required to live on the Saint Louis University campus.
Apply for On-Campus Housing:
If you wish to live on-campus, you must complete a housing application and contract via http://myslu.slu.edu.
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- Off-Campus: There are many apartment possibilities nearby SLU's campus. Click here to see a list.
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All students must provide immunization records and proof of health insurance. Click here for more information about health care at SLU.
Get more information on filling out health forms.
For Summer 2016, the Office of International Services will be offering airport pick-up service on May 16 and 17.
For Fall 2016, the Office of International Services will be offering airport pick-up service on August 12, 13, and 14.
If you will be traveling from the airport to campus on your own, click here for directions to campus.
For Summer 2016, please submit your travel itinerary by May 1.
For Fall 2016, please submit your travel itinerary by August 1.
Get more information on scheduling your airport pick-up.
All conditionally admitted and ESL-only international students who will take the Saint Louis University Paper-based TOEFL must pay the ESL Testing Fee prior to taking the exam.
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The women's tournament, which will also have a men's legends event featuring Andre Agassi, John McEnroe, James Blake and Mardy Fish, runs from August 19-27 at the Connecticut Tennis Center in New Haven.
Vinci, ranked No. 7 in the world, upset top-seeded Serena Williams at the U.S. Open last year, spoiling Williams' bid for a calendar year Grand Slam. It will be Vinci's seventh appearance in New Haven.
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HARRISBURG, Pa.— State regulators and a $12 billion trust established by the founder of chocolate maker Hershey to educate poor children have announced a deal to revamp the trust's board and change its operating rules following reporters about its lavish spending. Board members Robert Cavanaugh, Joseph Senser and James Nevels will be off the board by January,... » Read More
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CNBC's Jane Wells reports on the quinoa craze, America's favorite gluten-free grain.
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CAVU Venture Partners' Rohan Oza, discusses the hottest healthy food and beverage trends right now.
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Norway '10' crowned
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Major baseball's Rotary outscores Lions
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Northern Stars zip opponents
June 4, 2016 NIAGARA, Wis. — Northern Stars U11 girls turned in their sixth shutout of the soccer season, beating the Allouez Stampede 2-0 at Riverside Park. more »»
IM third in UP Division 2 tennis finals
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IM girls take title in Div. 2
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Flivvs' boys sixth at UP Division 1 golf meet
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Kelly edges WIC's Thomson to earn medalist honors
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IM rally secures tourney title
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Parent set to run in WIAA state meet
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Florence downs Elcho in region semifinal
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IM sinks Gwinn, 12-2
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Dive into the beautiful and fascinating undersea world of Endless Ocean: Blue World! Travel across the globe--dive in exotic locations, enjoy interacting with over 350 different species of marine life, and explore sunken ruins for clues as you unravel the mysteries of an ancient underwater civilization and search for its legendary hidden treasure. Dive the World! Explore the unique and breathtaking underwater environments and marine life of multiple exciting dive spots around the world. From dolphins, sharks, and whales in the South Pacific, to piranhas and electric eels in a tributary of the Amazon River, there's never a dull moment exploring the endless blue world beneath the waves. Escape into Blue! Witness the majesty of the sea up close and personal from the comfort of your living room. Relax and explore the ocean at your leisure while you discover exotic underwater species, interact with them to learn fun and interesting facts, and take stunning photographs of anything and everything that catches your eye. Explore shipwrecks and ancient ruins while you search for sunken treasure and adventure through the main story, or even expand and cultivate your own private coral reef! Share the Seas! Go online with Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection to meet up with family and friends to explore the oceans together. Take advantage of the Wii Speak™ accessory to communicate in real time as you're diving together!
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Journey into the blue once again with this Wii game where players get to explore the ocean and interact with its sealife. Endless Ocean: Blue World builds on the ocean experience first introduced with Endless Ocean™.While the last game emphasized relaxation, this one is designed with more adventure in mind. Divers might find themselves escaping from or calming down attacking sharks, exploring shipwrecks or finding treasure. Endless Ocean: Blue World also has more creatures and improved graphics designed to fully immerse players in an ocean environment that they can freely explore at their own pace.
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They have completely outdone themselves on this one. So much to see, so much to do! Quests and salvage missions, stark, new glacial landscapes, murky jungle river waters, and even sunken castles and ruins where you can get trapped if you're not careful!
There's a private reef you can design to your own tastes, an aquarium you must keep stocked with a varied and ever changing display of creatures to hold your visitors' interests - there's money to be earned so you can buy gear and supplies, and a wider selection of diving partners to help and guide you through your journeys.
I'd love to say more, but I have to get back - apparently, there's a skeleton to be found somewhere...
The Blue World awaits...dive in!
Dive & Relax. Leave the world behind you and become on with the underwater realm.
The locales are beautifully designed, the fish, whales, dolphins and the rest of the marine life move in a very realistic fashion. The missions are pretty simple and most have an educational parameter but it is mostly about exploring at your own pace. Well, you do have to mind the oxygen level...
The underwater sounds are very well made and placed whereas the background music is a soothing companion. All in all ENDLESS OCEAN: BLUE WORLD is an excellently designed and produced diving-simulation game.
This is a game that will bring you home early, it will put a smile in your face and it will relax you like no other game.
I cannot emphasize this enough: this game is DIGITAL MASSAGE. It soothes your nerves, relaxes your body and puts you in a very easygoing mindset.
Educational Excellence:
I am flabbergasted by the educational merit of this program. In the short hours that I've played this game (ok not so short, I'm up to 24 hours since the release) - I've learned, without effort, all the water life this program has to offer. With each fish, mammal, bird, even lizard!! - there is a small fact file with easily remembered names, facts, and figures. I'm thrilled when watching shows with marine life - and I'm able to identify many of the lifeforms, as well as put facts to each one. I REALLY hope that more educational programs come from this franchise, as it's a perfect teaching tool - with the right amount of education, fun, and curiosity-breeding features.
There are not only facts on each life form's files, but more:
- Cutscenes (short videos)
- Quests that reveal more information on life forms
- Experiments and Jobs
- You also have to know things about certain life forms in order to not get hurt in the game. Hurt does not mean what it means in most games, this is a far more laid-back kinda feature. Love that so much!
Cons to the educational aspect are that certain "green movement" agendas are shown here, only slightly. This might be a plus for some, or a negative for others. I would also say that any hard core marine biologist might find this somewhat lacking in information, but for laypersons - great!
More information can be obtained from many of the life forms by interacting with them, unlocking more facts. Very nice feature.
This program also touches on diving skills, equipment, and dangers. Also good.Read more ›
Overall, the three of us give this game 5 stars. There is a lot of reading though as the other characters in the game don't speak out loud and the quests are all explained by them. This is a plus, rather than a minus, since our guy is keen to learn and takes pride in his ability to read what is being explained to him. If not.... it is a fun adventure to sit alongside your child and read to them.
We started with Blue World but have already ordered the more relaxing Endless Ocean 1 and look forward to a THIRD if they ever make it. The graphics are very nice and if you toggle to first person (rather than viewing your diver from slightly behind) you can almost fool yourself into believing you are truly exploring beautiful endless waters.
Finally, here is a game that is made more for pure enjoyment than attaining the next level. There is basically zero frustration involved. Highly recommended.
Hope you enjoy as much as we do. Cheers!
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My son does not like it; it is too boring for him. Nit enough fun staffs. He only played a few times.Published on Dec 24 2012 by Jennifer Chen
Le jeu est vraiment très intéressant à jouer. Les animaux ont l'air vrai et l'aventure est tout simplement palpitante. Read morePublished on April 4 2012 by caroline
This game is great fun. It helps you to learn about fish. It's interesting. There are a few gliches though as per my daughter.Published on Dec 29 2011 by peehox
Fantastic Game and Graphics hours of relaxing play time doesn't matter if you are just exploring the underwater realms or doing the many quests there is always something to do. Read morePublished on March 30 2011 by Bren
Vraiment un des meilleurs jeux auquel j'ai joué. C'est vraiment différent et réaliste. Read morePublished on Jan. 16 2011 by Pierre-Luc Gauthier
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The hotel is nothing fancy but is clean and quiet. The front desk doubles as a movie rental so come early and get a movie to watch while you are staying.
This hotel is stuck in the 70's and that is its charm. Don't expect fancy.
spotless facilities
pool and hot tub at sunset in a nice enclosed glass house
self laundry available
large room
best price
nicest staff that went out of their way to help us-went the extra mile and more
I wish they had breakfast
This is an overpriced facility with basic motel style rooms and no complementary breakfast. It is not a "resort" and the facility looks nothing like the website photos, and the staff lacked basic guest services skills. We will not stay there again.
No breakfast included and the on-site restaurant offered very little for a high price.
I arrived at a little after 11 pm to find out that the price I had booked the hotel at was not correct. In fact the actual rate was over $50 more. I did not want to pay that I feel like they could have done something to compensate for the mistake that they or there computer had made. By the time I figured this out it was to late to find another room in town and I ended up driving away feeling angry.
beautiful area, excellent restaurant attached to motel, easy access
virtually no hot water in our shower, poor WiFi
After a day of traveling nice to have a nice clean room comfortable beds and from the service
That there was no swimming pool it had not been completed yet
For $69 + tax, this was a good deal. Room was clean, breakfast was adequate. There is a gas station and convenience store on the same lot and a very good Mexican restaurant also which was a rare treat.
WiFi was dysfunctional.
Horse pastures outside the window.
The size
The rooms and facilities were in good condition
The breakfast room was not well heated.
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What I want is to see a front end slideshow gallery in a style that is either "strip-below" or "strip-above" but also to be able to click on the main picture (or any way would be good) and also "launch" it in the foreground.
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25 July 2016 8:02 AM, PDT | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
Ryan Lambie Jul 26, 2016
They cost millions and they're very, very odd. We take a look at 12 expensive and eccentric Hollywood films from the past 40 years...
The risk-averse nature of filmmaking means that the world's more maverick and outrageous writers and directors have to make do with relatively low budgets. Nicolas Winding Refn drenched the screen in all kinds of sordid, violent and startling imagery in such films as Only God Forgives and this year's The Neon Demon, but the combined budget of those probably didn't even match the catering budget for something like Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice.
Every so often, though, a truly bonkers film slips through the Hollywood studio system - often by accident. From horror sequels to original sci-fi adventures, here are 12 incredibly expensive and gloriously eccentric Hollywood movies from the past 40 years.
The Exorcist II (1977)
Budget: $14 million
Like most films made for purely financial reasons, »
21 July 2016 7:38 AM, PDT | Cineplex | See recent Cineplex news »
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Today marks the first day of San Diego Comic-Con, the biggest comic book convention there is, and the best place to live out your wildest fan fantasies.
The convention is a dream for comic book nerds, and really for anyone who enjoys popular culture. It's cool to be a nerd these days, so we're embracing our inner geek and getting ready for all of the news that is bound to come out of #Sdcc.
In the spirit of Comic-Con, and with this year's next biggest comic book adaptation hitting the big screens in August, Suicide Squad, we've made an epic playlist at the Cineplex Store to get you hyped up on all things comic books and superheroes. Since Suicide Squad features the ultimate team of super villains, we've narrowed down our own »
- Adriana Floridia
21 July 2016 5:34 AM, PDT | ScreenDaily | See recent ScreenDaily news »
Growth of virtual reality filmmaking to be discussed at Diff.
Dubai International Film Festival (Diff) (Dec 7-14) is set to launch a virtual reality programme at its 13th edition.
The strand, titled DIFFerent Reality, will give festivalgoers the opportunity to sample Vr films spanning fiction, documentary and animation.
On the industry side, Dubai Film Market (Dfm) will give delegates chance to hear from Vr creators and experience the technology.
Diff chairman Abdulhamid Juma said: "Vr gives filmmakers a new, immersive medium - which is an exciting new direction for cinema - and our compelling and engaging line-up of Vr films push the technological boundaries of storytelling."
Vr has had an increased presence at festivals, most recently at Sundance, Cannes and Sheffield Doc/Fest with experiences based around feature films The Martian and Maleficent and standalone documentaries such as refugee film We Wait, from Aardman Animations and the BBC.
At the Star Wars Celebration fan gathering last wekeend »
18 July 2016 4:59 AM, PDT | ScreenDaily | See recent ScreenDaily news »
A round-up of the headlines from Star Wars Celebration including confirmation that Alden Ehrenreich will play the young Han Solo, behind the scenes footage from Rogue One and a Lucasfilm Vr project based around Darth Vader.
Lucasfilm has unveiled a raft of announcements and fresh footage at the Star Wars Celebration Europe event in London.
The annual fan gathering, which ran July 15-17 at the ExCel exhibition centre, hosted the cast and filmmakers behind Rogue One - the first standalone film in the Star Wars franchise.
British director Gareth Edwards (Monsters, Godzilla) screened a behind-the-scenes look at the film, set for release in December, as well as a new trailer (which has yet to be released online) that confirmed the presence of Darth Vader in the story.
Young Han Solo revealed
At the final panel of the weekend, Alden Ehrenreich was confirmed to play the young Han Solo in a Star Wars spin-off movie - casting that has »
- firstname.lastname@example.com (Michael Rosser)
18 July 2016 4:59 AM, PDT | ScreenDaily | See recent ScreenDaily news »
A round-up of the headlines from Star Wars Celebration including confirmation that Alden Ehrenreich will play the young Han Solo, behind the scenes footage from Rogue One and a Lucasfilm Vr project based around Darth Vader.
Lucasfilm has unveiled a raft of announcements and fresh footage at the Star Wars Celebration Europe event in London.
The annual fan gathering, which ran July 15-17 at the ExCel exhibition centre, hosted the cast and filmmakers behind Rogue One - the first standalone film in the Star Wars franchise.
British director Gareth Edwards (Monsters, Godzilla) screened a behind-the-scenes look at the film, set for release in December, as well as a new trailer (which has yet to be released online) that confirmed the presence of Darth Vader in the story.
Young Han Solo revealed
At the final panel of the weekend, Alden Ehrenreich was confirmed to play the young Han Solo in a Star Wars spin-off movie - casting that has »
- firstname.lastname@example.com (Michael Rosser)
18 July 2016 3:30 AM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
It's the post-Star Wars Celebration Edition of The Week in Star Wars, and we've got a lot to cover including Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Episode VIII, Star Wars Rebels, Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars Battlefront and more…
Right, let's kick things off with everything from Star Wars Celebration Europe – which was held here in our country's capital – by starting with Gareth Edwards' Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. While those in attendance were treated to a new trailer (which was teased last week), those who didn't go got this fantastic new poster and concept art, and this wonderful behind-the-scenes sizzle reel. We also got a new look at the Imperial Shoretrooper and, more importantly, Mads Mikkelsen's Galen Erso. And during the Rogue One panel, host Gwendoline Christie presented star Felicity Jones with an action figure for her character Jyn Erso, »
- Luke Owen
17 July 2016 3:08 PM, PDT | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
Nearly a decade before he was making movies about bats, Christopher Nolan was turning his attention to bugs. The filmmaker made a debut of sorts with 1997's "Doodlebug," a three-minute short filmed on 16mm and produced by his future wife and producing partner Emma Thomas, who's worked with Nolan on each of his subsequent films.
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"Doodlebug" is marked by a grainy, black-and-white aesthetic that's of a piece with the spar narrative about a man (Jeremy Theobald) trying to squash an insect in his dingy apartment. It eventually gets recursive, with the bug in question being revealed as a miniature version of the man himself; in the end, they're both of them dwarfed by an even larger version who appears behind them.
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- Michael Nordine
17 July 2016 3:40 AM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
During yesterday's Meet ILMxLAB: The Future of Immersive Entertainment panel at Star Wars Celebration Europe, Lucasfilm announced that it is developing a new Vr story/experience centred on the Dark Lord of the Sith himself, Darth Vader, which is being scripted by David S. Goyer (Batman Begins, Man of Steel).
What character is so iconic that we need to know more?" said Goyer. "We can't sleep at night and want to experience things that can't be experienced in film, or can't be experienced in a novel, and we came up with [Darth Vader]. We don't even have a name for the genre of storytelling we've been working on. You don't play it. You be it. You're in it. You're part of the story. The world I came up with, that I'm pushing, is you are 'the visitor' – the visitor in this story »
- Gary Collinson
15 July 2016 2:02 PM, PDT | TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news »
(Photo via Ghostbustershq.net) No matter what anybody involved with the film may have thought going into it, Ghostbusters – the 2016 remake, not the 1984 original – was never going to be a success: at least not the kind of success that studios are banking on when they remake a widely beloved movie with a big name cast and even bigger budget. It wasn't going to pull a Batman Begins by revitalizing an increasingly stale franchise. It also wasn't going to pull a Days of Future Past by untangling decades' worth of hopelessly convoluted continuity. And despite their best efforts
Ghostbusters: Unnecessary, But Welcome »
- Brian Hadsell
14 July 2016 4:31 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
Dunkirk film: Real battleships to be used on Christopher Nolan's next film: Director decides against the use of CGI.
The Dunkirk film continues to shoot in northern France.
The Dunkirk film will star Mark Rylance, Tom Hardy, Kenneth Branagh, Cillian Nurphy and Harry Styles.
Christopher Nolan has refused to go for all out CGI for his next film, the World War II epic that will be Dunkirk, and will use real battleships for some scenes in the film, which is now shooting.
Of course, this news shouldn't surprise you as Nolan hasn't really used that much CGI in most of his big Hollywood movies that kicked off with Batman Begins all of the way back in 2006.
French nautical magazine Presse Océan, is reporting that Nolan is planning to use the French T-47 Class Destroyer, Maillé-Brézé for his WWII Dunkirk film, which will be towed to Saint-Nazaire in »
- Paul Heath
13 July 2016 8:16 AM, PDT | LatinoReview | See recent LatinoReview news »
Before Tim Miller's leaked VFX test for Deadpool went viral and acted as a pitch that Fox couldn't turn down, there were other people who took a crack at bringing the Merc with a Mouth to the big screen. In a chat with ComicBook.com, artist Kelton Cram (Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice, X-men: First Class) revealed that he'd worked on designs for a Deadpool film that would've been written and directed by Jeff Wadlow (Kick-ass 2).
Wadlow put together a pitch back in 2013. Cram revealed, during the interview, that it would've pit Deadpool against The Marauders- a super-villain team. Cram says the concept was to create "a self-made, makeshift suit made from motorcycle gear. As with most origin stories, this suit would go through a transition, eventually becoming something closer to the one he wears in the comics." Similar to what was depicted in Miller's Deadpool, as »
- Mario-Francisco Robles
10 July 2016 11:05 AM, PDT | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
The review embargo has lifted for Sony's "Ghostbusters" reboot and so far the reaction has been fairly consistent - a little tepid, neither gushingly good or aggressively bad. Much of the criticism isn't levelled at the cast or director, but the overall film itself with complaints of lacking any innovation and being too slavish to the original. As a result it never seems to escape its shadow.
That said, there's also been praise for some of the scares and key character moments, and the film is doing well on the aggregate review sites - 76% on Rotten Tomatoes and 67% on Metacritic at this point in time. Not great, but good scores nonetheless.
Interestingly there's a good mix of female reviewers out there tackling the topic to try and provide a more balanced perspective than we usually get with Summer tentpoles. Here's just some of the sample quotes below:
"While both funnier »
- Garth Franklin
6 July 2016 11:18 AM, PDT | We Got This Covered | See recent We Got This Covered news »
From Batman Begins through to The Dark Knight Rises, Christopher Nolan's decorated trilogy is widely considered to be one of, if not the finest live-action interpretations of the Caped Crusader, introducing moviegoers to a completely reimagined version of Gotham city and Batman himself.
In resurrecting Saban's Rangers for the big screen, Bryan Cranton revealed to The Huffington Post that Lionsgate is adopting a similar creative approach to Power Rangers, and the actor went on to explain why the live-action feature film is shaping up to the markedly different from Saban's original television series.
As matter of fact, Cranston wasn't necessarily sold on the idea of portraying Zordon in Dean Israelite's reboot because of the show's cartoonish tenets. But one conversation with the film's producers and Israelite himself quickly changed that.
"I wasn't really high on it until I talked to the producer »
- Michael Briers
4 July 2016 12:04 PM, PDT | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
Batman doesn't kill. That has been a mantra for the comic character for many years, but the various screen incarnations have often either ignored that rule (1989's "Batman") or found loopholes (2005's "Batman Begins," the "Batman: Arkham Knight" game) to get around that rule.
Not so the version of Batman that Ben Affleck played in Zack Snyder's "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice". A new video is out from Mr. Sunday Movies which clocks up a kill count from the film's 'Ultimate Edition' disc release and it seems this Caped Crusader loves just killing the s--t out of bad guys.
In fact, Affleck's Batman directly racks up a bodycount of 21 people throughout the film, not including whomever was left in those hastily evacuated buildings that got torn to shreds in the final act. Is that a lot? Across all seven previous live-action movies and the 1966 TV show, Batman killed 45 people. »
- Garth Franklin
29 June 2016 6:25 PM, PDT | We Got This Covered | See recent We Got This Covered news »
We might have seen a few different versions of the likes of Spider-Man and Superman on the big screen, but Batman still holds the record for being the most portrayed superhero in cinema. From when Lewis Wilson donned a high-waisted pair of underpants in 1943's Batman serial to Ben Affleck wearing a high-tech metal suit in this year's Batman V Superman, ten different actors have played the Dark Knight on the silver screen to date.
But things could have been very different at each of these junctures if another actor took on the role. For instance, The Joker himself, Heath Ledger, originally auditioned for Batman in Batman Begins (he was also offered Spider-Man). Imagine if he got the part – would Christian Bale have then played the Clown Prince of Crime in The Dark Knight?
Ledger is far from the only one who missed out on donning the Caped Crusader's tights, »
- Christian Bone
18 June 2016 6:56 PM, PDT | Cinelinx | See recent Cinelinx news »
Which is the best comic book inspired trilogy? Christopher Nolan's revered Dark Knight trilogy has become the gold standard for turning comic book super heroes into serious art. However, the three McU Captain America films have been called the best of all the McU franchises. Both are excellent trilogies. Which is better? Let's take a look.
When Christopher Nolan took over the Batman cinematic project, he revived a character who had been diminished in his previous film appearance (Batman and Robin) and resurrected the Bat, showing the world that comic book films could stand up with other genres in terms of artistic quality, critical praise, box office clout and franchise sustainability. He helped make comic adaptations credible. In his own words, he said, "We wanted to show things that people wouldn't expect to see in that kind of film". Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises »
- email@example.com (Rob Young)
16 June 2016 8:19 AM, PDT | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
In the logical, rational films of Christopher Nolan, heroes often make a mythical journey into the land of the dead, Ryan writes...
Christopher Nolan stands in front of a chalk board, carefully scratching out a network of lines and arrows. He's attempting to describe the complex structure of Memento, his second film, which cuts between two intertwining stories - one told in a conventional order, the other told in reverse.
"Most movies present a quite comfortable universe," Nolan says, standing in front of his odd hairpin-shaped diagram, "where we're given an objective truth that we don't get in everyday life. That's one of the reasons we go to the movies."
For many, Memento was their first encounter with Nolan's style of filmmaking, which seems fixated on the precise and the concrete. He favours the use of celluloid and practical, in-camera effects. Like Stanley Kubrick before him, Nolan »
15 June 2016 1:25 PM, PDT | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
"Let Me Make You a Martyr" follows Larry Glass (Mark Boone Junior), an abusive father, drug dealer, and pimp who hires hit man Pope (Marilyn Manson) to kill his rebellious adopted son Drew (Niko Nicotera) and his lover and adopted sister June Glass (Sam Quartin). The film also stars Michael Potts ("Conspiracy Theory"), Slaine ("The Town"), William Lee Scott ("Pearl Harbor'), Michael Shamus Wiles ("Fight Club"), and more. Watch the exclusive new trailer above.
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Marilyn Manson is best known as the frontman of the Marilyn Manson band, whose music garnered much controversy from politicians and the public for their nihilistic lyrics, graphic imagery, and provocative statements. Manson got tied up in the aftermath of the deadly Columbine shooting when he was blamed by politicians and the media for inciting the violence with his music. Manson has appeared in many films including David Lynch's "Lost Highway," Michael Moore's "Bowling For Columbine," in which he discussed the media's interest in scapegoating rather than focusing on broader societal issues, and a recurring role on FX's "Sons of Anarchy."
Mark Boone Junior is best known for his role on "Sons of Anarchy," along with his performances in Christopher Nolan's "Memento" and "Batman Begins," Terrence Malick's "The Thin Red Line," and David Fincher's "Seven." He will soon appear in Nate Parker's "The Birth of a Nation," about Nat Turner, the leader of a slave rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia in 1831.
"Let Me Make You a Martyr" will premiere at Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal next month. Manson will be in attendance.
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- Vikram Murthi
15 June 2016 11:30 AM, PDT | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
15 years ago today, Disney and Angelina Jolie both gave us new movies. It was on June 15, 2001 that Atlantis: The Lost Empire and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider opened in theaters. The two films topped the box office that weekend, with Lara Croft holding the top spot. The Disney Renaissance had ended, and Atlantis didn't live up to the quality of films the House of Mouse was putting out in the '90s like Lion King and Beauty and the Beast. Atlantis didn't get much praise from critics upon its release, and it hasn't amassed as strong a fandom as films in the pantheon of Disney greats have. Though it does have a cult favorite status among Disney movies, and some critics praised it for being a unique departure from typical Disney animated features, with its sci-fi influences and look based on the visual style of Hellboy creator Mike Mignola. Lara Croft has remained a memorable item on Angelina Jolie's resume — it's the movie that really established her as a Hollywood star. At the time of its release, it was the highest-grossing video game adaptation. Another movie based on the Tomb Raider game series is set to star Ex Machina actress Alicia Vikander. Other notable June 15 happenings in pop culture history: • 1960: Billy Wilder's The Apartment premiered. • 1963: The Sound of Music closed on Broadway after 1,443 performances. • 1966: Elvis Presley movie Paradise, Hawaiian Style opened in U.S. theaters. • 1983: The fifth and final season finale of Taxi aired. • 1988: Kevin Costner's sports rom-com movie Bill Durham was released. • 1990: Dick Tracy opened in theaters. • 1994: The Lion King started playing in Los Angeles' El Capitan Theatre and New York's Radio City Music Hall, ahead of a wide release later that month. • 2005: Batman Begins opened in theaters. • 2007: Bob Barker hosted The Price is Right for the final time, ending his 35-year tenure on the show. • 2008: At the 62nd Tony Awards, In the Heights (from Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda) won Best Musical. »
- Emily Rome
13 June 2016 2:21 PM, PDT | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
Warner Bros has struggled with its blockbusters of late. But back in summer 1997 - Batman & Robin's year - it faced not dissimilar problems.
Earlier this year it was revealed that Warner Bros, following a string of costly movies that hadn't hit box office gold (Pan, Jupiter Ascending, The Man From U.N.C.L.E., In The Heart Of The Sea), was restructuring its blockbuster movie business. Fewer films, fewer risks, more franchises, and more centering around movie universes seems to be the new approach, and the appointment of a new corporate team to oversee the Harry Potter franchise last week was one part of that.
In some ways, it marks the end of an era. Whilst it retains its relationships with key directing talent (Ben Affleck, Clint Eastwood, Christopher Nolan for instance), Warner Bros was, for the bulk of the 1990s in particular, the studio that the others were trying to mimic. It worked with the same stars and filmmakers time and time again, and under then-chiefs Terry Semel and Robert Daly, relationships with key talent were paramount.
Furthermore, the studio knew to leave that talent to do its job, and was also ahead of the pack in developing franchises that it could rely on to give it a string of hits.
However, whilst Warner Bros is having troubles now, its way of doing business was first seriously challenged by the failure of its slate in the summer of 1997. Once again, it seemed to have a line up to cherish, that others were envious of. But as film by film failed to click, every facet of Warner Bros' blockbuster strategy suddenly came under scrutiny, and would ultimately fairly dramatically change. Just two summers later, the studio released The Matrix, and blockbuster cinema changed again.
But come the start of summer 1997? These are the movies that Warner Bros had lined up, and this is what happened…
February - National Lampoon's Vegas Vacation
Things actually had got off to a decent enough start for the studio earlier in the year, so it's worth kicking off there. It brought Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo back together, for the fourth National Lampoon movie, and the first since 1989's National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Interestingly, it dropped the National Lampoon moniker in the Us, and instead released the eventual movie as Vegas Vacation. It was a belated sequel, back when belated sequels weren't that big a thing.
The film was quickly pulled apart by reviewers, but it still just about clawed a profit. The production budget of $25m was eclipsed by the Us gross of $36m, and the movie would do comfortable business on video/DVD. Not a massive hit, then, but hardly a project that had a sense of foreboding about it.
Yet the problems were not far away.
May – Father's Day
Warner Bros had a mix of movies released in the Us in March and April 1997, including modest Wesley Snipes-headlined thriller Murder At 1600, and family flick Shiloh. But it launched its summer season with Father's Day, an expensive packaged comedy from director Ivan Reitman, starring Robin Williams and Billy Crystal. It had hit written all over it.
Father's Day was one of the movies packaged by the CAA agency, and its then-head, Mike Ovitz (listed regularly by Premiere magazine in the 1990s as one of the most powerful men in Hollywood, if not the most powerful man). That he brought together the stars, the director and the project, gave a studio a price tag, and the studio duly paid it. Given Warner Bros' devotion to star talent (Mel Gibson, then one of the biggest movie stars in the world, and a major Warner Bros talent, was persuaded to film a cameo), it was a natural home for the film. It quickly did the deal. few questions asked.
That package, and CAA's fees for putting it together, brought the budget for a fairly straightforward comedy to a then-staggering $85m. The problem, though, was that the film simply wasn't very good. It's one of those projects that looks great on paper, less great when exposed on a great big screen. Warner Bros has snapped it up, without - it seems - even properly reading the script.
Premiere magazine quoted a Warner Bros insider back in November 1997 as saying "when [CAA] calls and says 'we have a package, Father's Day, with Williams and Crystal and Reitman, we say 'great'", adding "we don't scrutinise the production. When we saw the movie, it took the wind out of us. We kept reshooting and enhancing, but you can't fix something that's bad".
And it was bad.
The movie would prove to be the first big misfire of the summer, grossing just $35m in the Us, and not adding a fat lot more elsewhere in the world. Warner Bros' first film of the summer was a certified flop. More would soon follow.
May - Addicted To Love
A more modestly priced project was Addicted To Love, a romantic comedy starring Meg Ryan and Matthew Broderick. Just over a year later, Warner Bros would hit big when Meg Ryan reunited with Tom Hanks for Nora Ephron's You've Got Mail. But here? The film was a modest success, at best.
Directed by Griffin Dunne (making his directorial debut), and put together in partnership with Miramax, Addicted To Love was based around the Robert Palmer song of the same name. But whilst it was sold as a romcom, the muddled final cut was actually a fair bit darker. There was an underlying nastiness to some moments in the film, and when the final box office was tallied, it came in lower than the usual returns for pictures from Ryan or Broderick. Counter-programming it against the release of The Lost World: Jurassic Park didn't massively help in this instance either, especially as the Jurassic Park sequel would smash opening weekend records.
Addicted To Love ended up with $34.6m at the Us box office. It would eke out a small profit.
June - Batman & Robin
And this is when the alarm bells started to ring very, very loudly. Summer 1997 was supposed to be about a trio of sure-fire hit sequels: Batman 4, Jurassic Park 2 and Speed 2. Only one of those would ultimately bring home the box office bacon, the others being destroyed by critics, and ultimately leaving far more empty seats than anticipated in multiplexes.
Batman & Robin, it's easy to forget, came off the back of 1995's Joel Schumacher-steered Batman reboot, Batman Forever that year's biggest movie). It had one of the fastest-growing stars in the world in the Batsuit (George Clooney), and the McDonald's deals were signed even before the script was typed up. You don't need us to tell you that you could tell, something of a theme already in Warner Bros' summer of '97.
That said, Batman & Robin still gave Warner Bros a big opening, but in the infancy of the internet as we know it, poisonous word of mouth was already beginning to spread. The film's negative cost Warner Bros up to $140m, before marketing and distribution costs, and it opened in the Us to a hardly-sniffy $42m of business (although that was down from previous Batman movies).
But that word of mouth still accelerated its departure from cinemas. It was then very rare for a film to make over 40% of its Us gross in its first weekend. But that's just what Batman & Robin did, taking $107.3m in America, part of a worldwide total of $238.2m. This was the worst return for a Batman movie to date, and Warner Bros had to swiftly put the brakes on plans to get Batman Triumphant moving.
It would be eight years until Batman returned to the big screen, in Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins. Warner Bros would undergo big changes in the intervening period.
As for the immediate aftermath of Batman & Robin? Warner Bros co-chief Robert Daly would note at the end of '97 that "we'd have been better off with more action in the picture. The movie had to service too many characters", adding that "the next Batman we do, in three years – and we have a deal with George Clooney to do it – will have one villain".
Fortunately, Warner Bros' one solid hit of the summer was just around the corner…
July - Contact
And breathe out.
Warner Bros bet heavily again on expensive talent here, with Robert Zemeckis bringing his adaptation of Carl Sagan's Contact to the studio for his first film post-Forrest Gump. Warner Bros duly footed the $90m bill (back when that was still seen as a lot of money for a movie), a good chunk of which went to Jodie Foster. It invested heavily in special effects, and gave Zemeckis licence to make the film that he wanted.
The studio was rewarded with the most intelligent and arguably the best blockbuster of the summer. I've looked back at Contact in a lot more detail here, and it remains a fascinating film that's stood the test of time (and arguably influenced Christopher Nolan's more recent Interstellar).
Reviews were strong, it looked terrific, and the initial box office was good.
But then the problem hit. For whilst Contact was a solid hit for Warner Bros, it wasn't a massively profitable one. Had Father's Day and Batman & Robin shouldered the box office load there were supposed to, it perhaps wouldn't have been a problem. But when they failed to take off, the pressure shifted to Contact.
The movie would gross $100.9m in the Us, and add another $70m overseas (this being an era were international box office rarely had the importance it has today). But once Warner Bros had paid its bills, there wasn't a fat lot over for itself. Fortunately, the film still sells on disc and on-demand. Yet it wasn't to be the massive hit the studio needed back in 1997.
July - One Eight Seven
From director Kevin Reynolds, the man who helmed Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves and Waterworld, came modestly-priced drama 187, starring Samuel L Jackson (in a strong performance). Warner Bros wouldn't have had massive box office expectations for the film (although it can't have been unaware that the inspirational teacher sub-genre was always worth a few quid), and it shared production duties on the $20m movie with Mel Gibson's Icon Productions. But still, it would have had its eye on a modest success. What it got in return was red ink.
The film's not a bad one, and certainly worth seeking out. But poor reviews gave the film an uphill struggle from the off – smaller productions arriving mid-summer really needed critics on their side, as they arguably still do – and it opened to just $2.2m of business (the less edgy, Michelle Pfeiffer-headlined school drama Dangerous Minds had been a surprise hit not two years before).
By the time its run was done, 187 hadn't even come close to covering its production costs, with just under $6m banked.
Warner Bros' summer slate was running out of films. But at least it had one of its most reliable movie stars around the corner…
August - Conspiracy Theory
What could go wrong? Mel Gibson and Julia Roberts were two of the biggest movie stars in the world in 1997, at a time when movie stars still equated to box office gold. Director Richard Donner, one of Warner Bros' favourite directors, had delivered the Lethal Weapons, Maverick, Superman, The Goonies and more for the studio. Put them altogether, with Patrick Stewart (coming to wider public consciousness at the time off the back of his Star Trek: The Next Generation work) as a villain, and it should have been a big hit.
Conspiracy Theory proved to be one of the more ambitious summer blockbusters of the era. It lacks a good first act, which would be really useful in actually setting up more of what's going on. But Gibson played an edgy cab driver who believes in deep government conspiracies, and finds himself getting closer to the truth than those around him sometimes give him credit for.
Warner Bros was probably expecting another Lethal Weapon with the reunion of Gibson (who had to be persuaded to take Conspiracy Theory on) and Donner (it's pretty much what it got with the hugely enjoyable Maverick a few years' earlier), but instead it got a darker drama, with an uneasy central character that didn't exactly play to the summer box office crowd.
The bigger problem, though, was that the film never quite worked as well as you might hope. Yet star power did have advantages. While no juggernaut, the film did decent business, grossing $137m worldwide off the back of an $80m budget ($40m of which was spent on the salaries for the talent before a single roll of film was loaded into a camera). That said, in the Us it knocked a genuine smash hit, Air Force One, off the top spot. Mind you in hindsight, that was probably the film that the studio wished it had made (the cockpit set of Warner Bros' own Executive Decision was repurposed for Air Force One, fact fans).
Still: Warner Bros did get Lethal Weapon 4 off Gibson and Donner a year later…
August - Free Willy 3: The Rescue
Warner Bros opened its third Free Willy film on the same day as Conspiracy Theory (can you imagine a studio opening two big films on the same day now), but it was clear that this was a franchise long past its best days (and its best days hardly bring back the fondest of memories).
Still, Free Willy movies were relatively modest in cost to put together, and Warner Bros presumably felt this was a simple cashpoint project. But in a year when lots of family movies did less business than expected (Disney's Hercules, Fox's Home Alone 3, Disney's Mr Magoo), Free Willy 3 barely troubled the box office. It took in just over $3m in total, and Willy would not be seen on the inside of a cinema again.
August - Steel
Not much was expected from Steel, a superhero movie headlined by Shaquille O'Neal. Which was fortunate, because not much was had.
It had a mid-August release date in the Us, at a point when a mid-August release date was more of a dumping ground than anything else. And even though the budget was set at a relatively low $16m, the film – and it's an overused time – pretty much bombed. It took $1.7m at the Us box office, and given that its appeal hinged on a major American sports star whose fame hardly transcended the globe, its international takings did not save it (it went straight to video in many territories).
It was a miserable end to what, for warner bros, had been a thoroughly miserable summer.
So what did hit big in summer 1997?
Summer 1997 was infamous for big films failing to take off in the way that had been expected – Hercules, Speed 2, and the aforementioned Warner Bros movies – but there were several bright spots. The big winner would be Barry Sonnenfeld's light and sprightly sci-fi comedy Men In Black, starring Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones. Star power too helped score big hits for Harrison Ford (Air Force One), Julia Roberts (My Best Friend's Wedding) and John Travolta (Face/Off).
This was also the summer that Nicolas Cage cemented his action movie credentials with Face/Off and Con Air. Crucially, though, the star movies that hit were the ones that veered on the side of 'good'. For the first of many years, the internet was blamed for this.
Oh, and later in the year, incidentally, Titanic would redefine just what constituted a box office hit...
What came next for Warner Bros?
In the rest of 1997, Warner Bros had a mix of projects that again enjoyed mixed fortunes. The standout was Curtis Hanson's stunning adaptation of L.A. Confidential, that also proved to be a surprise box office success. The Devil's Advocate didn't do too badly either.
However, two of the studio's key filmmakers failed to really deliver come the end of 1997. Clint Eastwood's Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil failed to ignite (although many felt he was always on a hiding to nothing in trying to adapt that for the screen), and Kevin Costner's The Postman would prove arguably the most expensive box office disappointment of the year. No wonder the studio rushed Lethal Weapon 4 into production for summer 1998. Oh, and it had The Avengers underway too (not that one), that would prove to be a 1998 disappointment.
The studio would eventually take action. The Daly-Semel management team, that had reigned for 15 years, would break up at the end of 1999, as its traditional way of doing business became less successful. The pair had already future projects that were director driven to an extent (Eyes Wide Shut), and it would still invest in movies with stars (Wild Wild West). But the immediate plan of action following the disappointment of summer 1997 – to get Batman 5 and Superman Lives made – would falter. It wouldn't be until 1999's The Matrix (a film that Daly and Semel struggled to get) and – crucially – 2001's Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone that the studio would really get its swagger back...
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Stuart Johnson, Deseret News
PROVO With a new black robe and a giant wooden fish to decorate his office, Commissioner Joshua K. Faulkner stepped up Thursday as the newest addition to the 4th District Court.
"I am grateful to work with many of you, the judges in this great enterprise, ensuring that we have a venue in which to work out our conflicts, resolve differences," Faulkner said, addressing the jury box filled with his black-robed judicial peers, plus family, friends and attorneys in the audience. "I hope I can contribute with all of you."
Faulkner was appointed May 30 after being voted in by the 4th District and Juvenile Court judges. His position was approved during the 2008 Legislative session.
"This is a long-awaited day for the 4th District Court and Juvenile Court," said Judge Derek Pullan. "I don't know that anyone is more happy than Commissioner Patton. If you see a broad grin on his face, that's why."
Since coming to the court in 2001, Commissioner Thomas Patton has handled domestic cases alone.
In courts across the state, the caseload averaged 1,600 to 1,800 family-law cases for each commissioner. Yet in 4th District with only one commissioner, the load was around 2,800, said court executive Paul Vance.
"The caseload has gradually gone up ... to where it's too much for one," Vance said. "The county's growing."
Now, Faulkner will divide his time between helping Patton in District Court, as well as assisting as a commissioner for Juvenile Court.
A commissioner makes recommendations to a judge not rulings regarding custody battles, guardianship, protective orders, divorces, etc.
After hearing evidence, commissioners make recommendations and sends those recommendations to a judge for his or her approval.
If the often emotionally distraught parties disagree with the recommendation, they can appeal and the judge will review the case.
"As you well know, these litigants are filled with strong and vacillating emotions, ranging from indignant outrage to bitter despair," Pullan said. "Commissioner Faulkner, these are the citizens you will serve, who, with an exhausted nature, have taken the first disagreed step of asking the lawyer to step up. They will look to you for wisdom and resolution."
"It's hardest for me when I'm called up to make a decision about the custody of people's children," Patton said. "People are not only turning their lives but the lives of their children over to you to make the right call. There's a lot of pressure put on you."
But Patton said he has complete confidence in Faulkner, who had appeared before him as an attorney.
Citing his love of fishing, former law partner, employer and mentor Marilyn Moody Brown gave Faulkner the large fish as a going-away present. She reminisced that a few years ago Faulkner came back from a fishing trip to Chile and "told us the biggest and best fish he ever caught got away in Chile," she said.
"That's kind of how we feel at our office," Brown continued. "The best fish we ever caught got away."
Faulkner graduated from the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University, served as a law clerk to Judge Claudia Laycock and worked with Brown for six years.
However, he said his proudest accomplishment is being a husband to Michelle and father to his four children."We're excited for this opportunity," Michelle Faulkner said, watching her husband thank and hug numerous well-wishers after the swearing in. "This is a realization of something he's always wanted to do."
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